JOSEP PLANELLS SCHIAFFINO
Composer & Conductor
biography
The composer and conductor Josep Planells Schiaffino was born in Valencia in 1988. He obtained his Clarinet Diploma at the Conservatori Superior de Música de València and his Composition Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree under the guidance of Arnulf Hermann and Hanspeter Kyburz at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin. During this time he also received tuition from Salvatore Sciarrino, Brian Ferneyhough, Wolfgang Rihm, José María Sánchez-Verdú and Mauricio Sotelo. After his studies he continued to live and work in Berlin as part of the State of Berlin’s Elsa-Neumann-Scholarship. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD at Cambridge University supervised by Richard Causton and funded by an Honorary Vice-Chancellor's Award of the Cambridge Commonwealth, European & International Trust and a Pigott Doctoral Studentship.
Josep Planells Schiaffino has collaborated with a number of ensembles and orchestras, among them the Basel Sinfonietta, Ensemble Mosaik, Studio MusikFabrik, Zafraan Ensemble, Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, Remix Ensemble, Sigma Project, Bayerisches Landesjugendorchester, IEMA, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, Danubia Orchestra Óbuda, WDR Sinfonierochester Köln and the Kritisches Orchester at the Theater Basel, Fondation Royaumont, Lucerne Festival, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Fundación Juan March, Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bockenheimer Depot, Frankfurt LAB, Auditorio Nacional de España, Festival Mixtur Barcelona, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Casa da Música Porto and the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik.
For his music, he has been awarded many distinctions, including the Roche Young Commission of the Lucerne Festival, the New Scenes IV of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the DAAD-Prize, 1st Prize “Vorhof der Völker” Berlin, 3rd Prize in the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hochschulwettbewerb and the 1st Prize in the INJUVE Competition. His commissioned works include a piece for the conducting workshop INTERAKTION, Zafraan Ensemble, Sigma Project and for the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, where he resided as part of the Composer's residence of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes.
As a conductor, Josep Planells Schiaffino has been assisting Franck Ollu since 2015, with whom he participated in the productions of Rihm's Jakob Lenz at the Staatsoper Berlin (Dir. Andrea Breth), Dusapin's Medea at Salzburg Festspiele and Macbeth Underworld at the Opéra Comique Paris (Dir. Thomas Jolly), with the Deutsche Symphonie Orchester Berlin for the Festival Ultraschall and in the Xenakis' Oresteia at the Theater Basel (Dir. Calixto Bieito), making his opera debut when he conducted two performances in April 2017. He studied with Fred Buttkewitz in Berlin and took part in several master classes with Peter Rundel in Oporto and with Peter Eötvös in Budapest and Munich. 2015 he won the 1st Interpretation Prize in the Hanns Eisler Competition. Recently, he worked with Matthias Pintscher and Heinz Holliger as part of the Lucerne Festival Conducting Fellowship. Over the last years, he has regularly collaborated with the Ensemble Modern, with whom he has participated in projects such as Story Water (Emanuel Gat Dance) and Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company meets Ensemble Modern by Jacopo Godani.
Throughout his studies, he obtained support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Förderverein of the HfM “Hanns Eisler”, La Caixa/DAAD and the Peter Eötvös Foundation.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Con sprezzatura (WP) POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
Co-commissioned orchestral work from the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España. Premieres on 26th April 2020(Theatersaal Witten; M. Nawri) and on 12th June (Auditorio Nacional de España; D. Afkham).
Album, for piano trio (WP)
Commisioned by the CNDM (Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical). Premiere on 6th October 2020 by the Trío Vibrart. Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid
Metàfrasi de Cabanilles, for orchestra (WP)
Commisioned by the Institut Valencià de Cultura. Premieres on 2nd January 2021 (Auditori de Castelló) and 3rd January (Palau de les Arts de Valencia) by the Jove Orquestra de la Generalitat Valenciana and Pablo Rus.
Concert with Espai Sonor
Works by Ferneyhough, Güemes, Widmann, Moliner and Huber. 13th September 2020. Conservatori de Manacor, Mallorca
Lecture at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Facultad de Geografía e Historia. 6th October 2020
Die Zauberflöte, W. A. Mozart
Teatre Principal de Palma de Mallorca. Premiere on 16th October 2020 (further performances on 18th and 21st October). A production by Opera Zuid from Maastricht, directed by Jorinde Keesmaat. For more information: https://www.teatreprincipal.com/en/ficha/detalle/317/la-flauta-magica-die-zauberflote/
compositions
OPERA
Aufbruch
2017-2019
chamber opera in 13 scenes after a libretto of Deborah Kötting
for soprano (Violetta), tenor (Friedrich), baritone (Hans), 2 dancers, 2 actors and ensemble
(1/1/1/1 - 1/1/1/1 - Perc(2) - Pno/Hp - 2/1/1/1)
Duration: 50'
ORCHESTRA
Con sprezzatura
2019-2020
for orchestra (2/2/2/2 - 4/2/2/1 - Timp/Perc (2) – Pno/Cel/Acc/Hp - 10/8/6/5/4)
Duration: 16'
Torna
2017-2019
for orchestra (4/3/4/3 - 4/3/3/1 - Timp/Perc (4) – Pno/Cel/Hp - 14/12/10/8/6)
Duration: 16'30''
Schlussformen
2014-2015
for orchestra (3/3/3/3 - 4/3/3/1 - Timp/Perc (2) – Hp - 12/10/8/6/4)
Duration: 15'
Variationen
2011
for orchestra (2/2/2/2 - 2/2/2/0 - Timp/Perc (2) – 12/10/8/6/4)
Duration: 12'
ENSEMBLE
Vergessensformen
2016
for ensemble (1/1/1/1 - 1/0/0/0 - Perc - 2/1/1/1)
Duration: 9'
Vier Stücke
2014
for ensemble (0/2/0/0 - 1/1/0/0 - Timp – 2/1/2/1)
Duration: 8'30''
Flamme Violette
2011
version for piano and 5 instruments (Fl/Cl/Vl/Vc/Perc)
Duration: 7'30''
Nocturnes
2010
for ensemble (1/1/1/1 - 1/1/1/1- Perc/Pno - 2/1/1/1)
Duration: 8'
Stramps
2009
for ensemble (1/1/0/0 - 0/0/0/0 - Perc/Pno - 2/1/1)
Duration: 8'
SOLO & CHAMBER MUSIC
Album
2020
for piano trio
Duration: 15'
Cavall
2018
for tenor saxophone, drum set, double bass and piano
Duration: 6'
Spalt
2018
for soprano and piano
Duration: 6'
Streichquartett
2016/18
for string quartet
Duration: 14'
Sextett
2017
for wind quintet and piano
Duration: 13'
Drei Stücke
2016
for cello and piano
Duration: 8'
Zehn Stücke
2016
for saxophone quartet
Duration: 17'
Satz
2015
for violin and piano
Duration: 7'30''
Vorspiel
2014
for brass trio
Duration: 3'30''
Triosatz
2013
for violin, cello and piano
Duration: 8'
Quintet
2013
for wind quintet
Duration: 12'
Stade du miroir
2012
for 2 sopranos, 2 saxophones and percussion
Duration: 9'
Quartettsatz
2011
for string quartet
Duration: 10'
Flamme Violette
2010
for piano
Duration: 7'30''
videos
COMPOSER
Schlussformen
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, Roland Kluttig
2014
Ensemble Modern, Franck Ollu
2018
Zafraan Ensemble
2017/19
Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra,
David Fulmer
2019
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